Youngstown schools get new names

Youngstown schools get new names

YOUNGSTOWN — Michael Write said that renaming two elementary schools after nationally known individuals and a high school library after a former school superintendent is a “win-win-win situation” for the city schools.

The outgoing school board president chaired a special school board ad hoc committee to look at renaming some schools after a series of requests that certain people be recognized by having a building named in their honor.

That committee recommended and the school board voted tonight to rename West Elementary as the William Holmes McGuffey Elementary School and the new North Elementary now under construction as the Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School.

The board, again acting on the committee’s recommendation, then renamed the new library facilities at Chaney High School the Emanuel N. Catsoules Library and Media Center, honoring the former superintendent who held that position from 1978 to 1992.

For the complete story, see Wednesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com.